Beta Announces Off-Road Teams
T
he 2025 Liqui Moly Factory Beta Off-Road
Team will be made up of four riders, two on the
West Coast and two on the East Coast.
The West Coast Off-Road Team is made up of
defending AMA Hare & Hound Champion Zane Rob
-
erts and defending WORCS Champion Dare DeMar-
tile. In addition, Roberts will campaign the AMA
West Hare Scrambles Championship and DeMartile
the AMA NGPC Series. Roberts recently signed a
two-year contract extension with the team.
In the East, Jhak Walker returns for another stint
with the team and will contest the AMA National
Enduro Championship in Pro2 (250cc) and GNCC
in XC2. Newcomer to the team, former GNCC
champ Josh Strang, will compete in both champi
-
onships as well. The veteran racer from Australia,
Strang, will also oversee the East team's day-to-
day operations as team manager.
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VOLUME ISSUE JANUARY , P33
Simmons Promoted to
Monster Energy Yamaha Star
Racing 450 Team Manager
R
ich Simmons is the new team manager for the Monster
Energy Star Racing Yamaha 450 Team. The team's former
crew chief enters his fourth season with the Star Racing pro-
gram. Jordan Troxell joins the team to fill the crew chief role.
"I've been with the team for three seasons as the crew
chief, and I enjoyed that," said Simmons. "I'm honored that
Brad gave me the opportunity to step up into this role as the
team manager. It's a new challenge, but I'm looking forward to it. I've worked with Jor-
dan in the past, so when looking for somebody to move into my role that would fit the
team really well, he's the first one that came to mind. I really trust his work and know
his work ethic, and I think he's a great asset to the team."
"Simmons presented me with a great opportunity that I had to really consider and
couldn't turn down," said Troxell. "It's one of the best teams in the paddock, with some
of the best riders on the track, and I know these boys pretty well. I'm just excited to
bring my work ethic over here and to try and add to the program."
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Dare DeMartile (1 yellow), Zane Roberts (1 white), Jhak Walker (719) and Josh Strang
(7) will make up the Liqui Moly Beta Factory Racing Off-Road Team in 2025.
Rich Simmons
(right) is the new
team manager
for the Monster
Energy Star
Racing Yamaha
450 Team. Jordan
Troxell (left) takes
Simmons' former
role as crew chief.
